Summer Greens (June 2020)

Forest photography in the summer months is all about ‘green’. At times the colour can be overwhelming making composition more difficult. In these circumstances it is far too easy to make quick judgements and reject many shots before clicking the shutter.

To avoid this, and to keep the photography experience positive, I have learned to record every shot that I line up and defer all judgements to the process stage.

Of course, this doesn’t guarantee good results but it does mean that there is some material to work with - even if that is pressing the delete button!

More often than not though, I do find images that I like, as I did with this selection from Clipstone and Sherwood Forests towards the end of June...starting with a set of backlit oak and beech leaves:

And, these were some of the forest scenes picking out the colour in the canopy, the branching patterns of the trees and views along the forest paths: